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Syllabus: Traveling Out of the Body-A Practical and Historical ApproachInstructor: Graham Nicholls

About the course:

This 4 week continuing education course will examine the phenomenon of Out-of-Body Experiences (OBEs) and offer insights into how you can begin your own journeys to travel out of your body. OBE specialist and author Graham Nicholls will explore the history of OBEs, their relationship with near and shared death experiences, veridical OBEs, OBE science, and his own research into the nature of the experience. The course will provide an in-depth discussion of personal experiences and what these experiences suggest about the nature of out-of-body perception and the continuation of consciousness after death.

Theories of nonlocal consciousness and network theory will be included as well as the work of scientists such as Brian Josephson, Rupert Sheldrake, and Sir Roger Penrose.

Weekly Topics

Week 1 - The History of the Out-of-Body Experience

Overview of the course topics and aims

Early historical references to the OBE

Astral Projection and OBEs

Sylvan Muldoon, Oliver Fox, and other early writers

How viewpoints have evolved

Week 2 - Near and Shared Death Experiences

A look at OBEs within the context of NDEs

Major NDE researchers

Important NDE cases

Shared death experiences

Life after life

Week 3 - OBE Science

Research from the 1960s, 70s, and 80s

The work of Alex Tanous, Keith Harary, and Robert Monroe

Skepticism and the work of Olaf Blake, Jane Aspell, and Susan Blackmore

Remote viewing and its relationship to OBEs

Graham Nicholls own research and technology

Week 4 - Exploring the OBEs for yourself

Benefits of the OBE

What to expect while having an OBE

Popular methods and their mechanisms

Immersive approaches

Readings

Required readings will be provided in the REC classroom. Students may read ahead.

Suggested readings (articles, books, and blogs), YouTube videos, experiencer websites and links to other fascinating materials will also be provided for those who are interested in delving more deeply into some aspect of OBEs and NDEs on their own.